Fender for cultivators



L. DAVIS, Jr. Fender for Cultivator.

No. 226,501. Patented April l3;1880.

INVENTOR ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEVI DAVIS, JR, OF BIG ROCK, ILLINOIS.

FENDER FOR CULTIVATORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,501, dated April 13, 1880.

Application filed January 17, 1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI DAVIS, Jr., of Big Rock, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fenders for Cultivators; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a side elevation of a cultivator, showing my fender applied and Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5 are detail views of the same.

My invention relates to cultivators; and it consists, first, in the arrangement of a cornstalk straightener, and, secondly, in the manner of connecting the shield with a casting upon the beam, as hereinafter fully described and specified.

. The drawings, Fig. 1, illustrate a cultivator with my improvement applied, the shield A being for the purpose of protecting young plants from the clods turned over by the shovel, and the corn-stalk straightener B being for the purpose of straightening out such cornstalks as may be left in the field, so as to bring them in line with the furrow. O designates a metal casting, which is formed with a rectangular opening, 0, and flanges c 0, upon which is seated a plate, D, having a bolthole for the bolt E, which is passed through the beam.

In adjusting the shield its arm a is fitted over the bolt E and upon the plate D, after which a plate, F, having a bolt-hole, is passed down upon the bolt. The ends of this plate F extend into notches G in the sides of the casting. This plate is held down by akey, I, which is inserted in a slot formed through the bolt. A notched locking-piece, L, is also employed as an auxiliary to thekey I.

The corn-stalk straightener consists of a flexible rod, B, having the curves 1) b at its upper portion, the objects of which are to throw the point of the straightener in advance of the shield and plows and away from the beam, to'causethe straightened stalks to pass between the shield and plow, and also the spirally-wound part N, which constitutes a spring. The end I) of the spiral is straightened out and inserted in lugs M M, which project from the casting.

This stalk-straightener is in advance of the shield and shovel, and is simple, strong, and efficient.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The cultivator-shield A, in combination with the casting O, with opening 0 and flanges c c, the plate D, bolt E, plate F,fitted upon the 

